lemmywinks

You might need to adjust to a comfortable playing position, they hang differently to fenders and the necks tend to jut out a bit more. I have had 3 warwicks and two of them are keepers, the necks are an experience in themselves and are probably my favourite neck profile Have a look on the warwick forums, the guys over there are very helpful

[quote name='david_l_perry' post='634469' date='Oct 23 2009, 02:26 PM']If you like buying gear....you will most certainly be in for a tax rebate....[/quote] Damn straight. Receipts are your friend, keep em all, from petrol to strings.

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='633624' date='Oct 22 2009, 06:07 PM']Do it like the one in Team America... you'll win for sure. [/quote] Took the words right of my mouth!

Tbh there's some people who i would be happy to loan gear out to. People who i know will treat it with the same (if not more) care that they treat their own instruents. It's the folk you don't know who seem to think it's their right to use whoever's gear just because they couldn't be bothered or forgot to bring their own. Even worse when their's is damaged through their own stupid behaviour

[quote name='hitchy64' post='633839' date='Oct 22 2009, 09:00 PM']This is off topic a bit, but I have an in line foot peddle tuner. A Behringer TU300 off ebay for £5, [b]it's been fantastic[/b] [/quote] So far! The behringer pedals are notorious for sudden mid-gig death. Our old guitarist's didn't make it through it's first gig.

It happens to me sometimes, song's that i've played for years week in wek out suddenly get the odd jazz moment in there I can't for the life of me remember any Oasis songs either, i have to re-learn them the night before. I think that's because they're so basic and samey! My solution is to scowl at the drummer so the audience think it's him!

+1 on the Yamaha, very wide spacing

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='633302' date='Oct 22 2009, 11:39 AM']I have an arctic white epi t-bird. I look after it and it doesn't have a scratch on it. I know how gutted I'd be if if was damaged like that. I don't lend my insruments out, except for the cheapo squiers which I don't care about, but if I did lend out my t-bird & got it back from a mate in the condition your one came back in I'd expect him to buy me new one and & keep the one he damaged or pay for the gallery to do a proper repair. Asking you to claim on your insurance is ridiculous - he should claim for it on his own insurance if he wants anyone to commit insurance fraud.[/quote] [quote name='Al Heeley' post='633360' date='Oct 22 2009, 12:38 PM']I'd tell him he has to write it off against his own household insurance then use the money to buy you a replacement to the same condition as it was when you lent it to him.[/quote] +! to both of these. My housemate lent his Epi Les Paul (an awesome guitar, best LP i've played including Gibsons) to someone. They got drunk and snapped it. The guy was really honest and apologetic, the guitar shop wrote him a £500+ receipt for it (my mate paid much less) and my mate got the cash after the guy had claimed on his insurance I was gigging a while ago in my old originals band. The bassist of the support band had got drunk and stood on his Jazz copy, breaking the jack socket. I got repeatedly asked to lend him my Warwick, by him, his guitarist and the venue owner. It's amazing how many times you can tell someone to f**k off without them taking note

I have one that will only pick up the E string if you hold it really tight to the headstock Works fine on my classical but struggles with a bass. You can have it if you want, i've got a good tuner on my phone which works fine If you want a good portable tuner the Seiko keyring ones work really well and aren't too cumbersome

Bought some neutrik jacks from stevie at an excellent price. Great guy to do business with with excellent communication, cheers mate!

The VW one is great!

He says colection is ok, there's plenty of pics and the listing seems ok. If you could go round to have a look then it might be ok. I bought a Warwick from a zero feedback buyer with no pics and it arrived safely, that was 1/4 of the price of this though!

That's just what my guitard told me so i wouldn't be surprised if it was bs!

He said collection preferred and acknowledged nobody would be crazy enough to pay postage! I believe Jim Marshall was going through a divorce and bought the Park name (thy used to make valve amps) to safeguard his business from the estranged wife

I don't actually think that's too bad. Quality pickups and pre, Badass and a good case. Probably have a second hand value of £200+ on their own, especially if you could wrangle the original pickups and bridge from him

[quote name='Rich' post='630598' date='Oct 19 2009, 06:16 PM']Blinking flip That's really quite tempting actually..! Would make a good spare/chuck-it-in-the-car rehearsal bass.[/quote] Looking at the spec it's a huge amount of bass for the money. Construction issues would put me off a bit though, if i had the space for any more basses i'd have probably pulled the trigger on this already Looks like a Warwick style adjustable brass nut too? I bet Marleaux aren't too chuffed though!

Here's the 5 string Marleaux style one for £199 [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HK-5-String-Custom_W0QQitemZ120482329024QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item1c0d4e71c0"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HK-5-String-Custom_W...=item1c0d4e71c0[/url]

It does have good hardware and pickup upgrades, plus a nice case. I didn't think the price was that high until i saw the fretboard I always check these types of auctions just in case i see "Made in USA" written on the headstock. Wasn't prepared for this horror story though! I might offer him £176....

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-Fretless-Jazz-Bass-Custom_W0QQitemZ130333545925QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item1e587c15c5"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-Fretless-Jazz...=item1e587c15c5[/url] There's a prize for guessing what he used to get the frets out. I'm thinking a meat cleaver

Didn't shockwave have an HK 7 string? Think he said it was prety good. They do Marleaux style ones, that was the one he had

[quote name='Greene-Mann' post='629729' date='Oct 18 2009, 07:26 PM']I think they look kinda like an obliterated stingray made in an LSD tab dropping "special school"... What a piece of sh*te! any one got any idead exactly what country theyre made in?? For the price theyre asking you can get much better basses...[/quote] For the price they're asking you could get 3 much better basses!

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='629678' date='Oct 18 2009, 06:40 PM']Sharp frets are the worst. Can you imagine some poor young kid after a few hours of playing? Disgraceful.[/quote] Exactly. I thought these were meant for younger players who want quality at a cheap price? The manufacturers are relying on Flea's name to sell an inferior product. I wonder if Flea himself has actually played the production model that ends up in shops? He should be made to gig every inferior one and see how he likes it! I remember a youtube video where he had a tantrum at his bass tech, these basses should put his feet back on the ground!